Western University Academic Calendar. - 2019

History 2403E

EUROPE AND ENGLAND IN THE 16TH AND17TH CENTURIES

Course Description

Cultural, social, economic, and political themes including the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the rise of absolutism; the commercial revolution; heresy, witchcraft, and scepticism; plague and health problems; the origins of modern science; demographic trends; the Puritans; baroque art and music; Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, and the creation of the modern army.